The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-02
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.
THERE are more than $1,000 widows in the
State of Massachusetts,. of whom about half are
less than forty years of age
SECRETARY LAMAR has, it is said. habit of
visiting the Interior Department building at uu-
earthly hours of the night and getting lost in the
corridors Then the Waterman has to guide him
ont
In the house which Levi P. Morton is now
having demolished in Washington President
Garfield and wife were entertained at breakfast
on the morning preceding the formers Inaugural
ton.
FASHIONABLE people in England have dis
carded envelopes, and now fold their letters, ad-
dress them on the back of the sheet. and seal
them with wax in the style of our grandfathers.
This is considered as indicating that the writer
is Conservative.
RECENTLY one of the leading morning papers
in New York city had on its editorial staff
three graduates from the same class in Brown
University, all of whose ambitions for journal
ism had been awakened by services on the staff
of the college magazine.
PROFESSOR KING, who is to 60 up in balloon
on the Fourth of July at Paramount Park. Phil
ade1phia. has made 286 ascensions in the past
thirty-six years. The greatest altitude attained
three and three-QuarterS miles Professor
Wise has made about two hundred ascensons.
Gov. TAYLOR, of Tennessee, recently address,
ed graduating class at young women's col
lege in Mississippi At the conclusion of b is
grafton he was presented by his auditors with
very fine violin. It will be remembered that
Coy Taylor won many votes by his skill as
fiddler in his recent gubernatorlal contest
against his brother.
A MEANWHILE gentleman wrote to Bill Nye,
the bald-headed humorist, and asked him il he
could give recipe to make hair grow, and Bill
sent this reply: ''Take your hair-invieorator
money and buy a town lot in a growing town
that supports home paper. and advertises ard
goes ahead. and you will be well-fxed, and
man who is we'll fixed don't care much whether
he has any hair or not"
AN old army officer speaking to George AL
fred Townsend about Secretary Endicott recent
~, said: 1.-THE present Secretary good deal
represents old bottle Of perfumery which had
been lost in some very genteel drug store. He
does not know much about anything, but de-
sires to be a gentleman" Nobody ever heard of
old bottle of perfumery entertaining ambi
tious designs of this character.
DURING his recent voyage to Europe Mr..
Blaine asked repeatedly play draw
poker. To all invitations of the kind he
swered that he did not know the game. He did
not object, however, to drinking occasional
glass of beer wine. He spent part of the
time while the steamer in reading Sidney
Luska's novel, "As It Was Written'-a title
which must have suggested to Mr. Blaine
tain interesting incidents OF the past.
AMONG the now few survivors of Waterloo is
Lord Albemarle, who entered the English army
April 4, 1915, and served on June Is with the
old Fourteenth Foot. He retired upon half-pay
as major, became a maior-ceneral Oct 26. 1853,
and general Feb z, 1874 The other survivor
whose name is in the Army List is Gen. George
Whichcote. This veteran soldier received his
commission in January. 1911. and served in the
Peninsula with the Fifty second Light Infan-
try.
1T is almost impossible for country people to
recognize the dense ignorance as to all matters
agricultural and rural from which the childre
OF the London poor suffer- The parson of a Lon
don parish asked one of the children who had
been boarded out under the new poor-law regu-
lations how he enjoyed the change of air and
scenery. "Please, sir" said the urchin, II
don't like It at all; instead of giving me milk out
of NICE clean tin they squeezed it out of nasty
cow seed EN- doing it'
IT is made known that Miss Gertrude Barrett,
second daughter of Mr.. Lawrence Barrett. tina
eminent rragedian, is engaged to be married to
Mr. Joseph Anderson, brother of Miss Mary
Anderson, the famous actress. Miss Barrett
and Mr.. Anderson special favorites with a
large circle of friends. both in England and here
at home; and this auspcious news will be well
coined with more than common gladuess wher-
ever they are known. more harmonious and
suitable match was never made and both the
young people will have hosts of good wishes in
their happiness.
KING HUMBERT. of Italy, according to an
American Register correspondent, is known for
his temperance in all things except in that of
smoking. It has often been noticed what an
exceedingly small eater the King has shown
himself all occasions, and to drink. his
guests may have it IN plenty. but his favorite
"tipple'' is water. His one great weakness was
flor it is thing of the past) good cigar. He
was formidable smoker. but he abused his
tastes in that line to such extent that he mas
taken a departure and has Sworn off, from
the fragrant weed. His nerves had begun to
suffer, he had asthmatic turns. could sleep but
little, and then had to be propped up by plenty
of pillows. Some weeks ago his physician told
him what was the matter, and King Humbert
said: "From this day forth will not smoke an
other cigar, anything in the shape of tobac-
co." His Majesty has Kept his word, and the
suit has been a most noticeable improvement in
his health. King Humbert is man OF iron WILL
and one doubts that ne will keep his self made
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